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A. A. FRANCIS & R. F. HILL.

RAZOR HONE.

REI.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1914.

Patvnted Aug. 8, 1916.

w@ @/YZ/ i I PATENT ALVIN A. FRANC-Is AND RAYMOND F. MILL, or MARCUS, wAsHINGToN.

RAZOR-HONE.

' Specification of Letters :Patentiw l* Application filed September 8, 1914. Serial No. 860,61-9.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that we, ALVIN FRANCIS and RAYMOND F.- L, citizens of the United States, residing at Marcus, in the county of Stevens, .State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Iml provements in RaZor-Hones; and we do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact descriptionl of the invention, such as will' enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to razorhones.

The object of the invention resides in the production of a novel material for constituting the sharpening surface of a razor hone and adapted to impart a more superior edge to a razor than materials now in use.

Aurther object of the invention resides in the provision of a razor hone embodying an improved construction which will render the hone comparatively-light and increase the eiiiciency thereof in effecting the purposes for which it is intended.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention' in detail reference will be had to the 'accompanying drawings wherein like characters of referenceindicate similar parts in the several views, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of a razor hone constructed in accordance with the linvention, Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the hone, and Fig. 3, a transverse section.

Referring to the drawings the improved hone is shown as comprising a core l0 constructed 'preferably of wood with a view to imparting lightness to the completed hone. The core 10 has molded thereabout in any suitable manner a cementitious covering or jacket 1l. This covering or Yjacket ll is formed of wax, slate, wheat flour, and emery. The slate and emery are reduced to a powdered form and mixed with the sealing wax and wheat flour when vsaid sealing wax and wheat 'lour are in a. liquid or plastic state. While the entire mass is in a liquid or plastic stateit is applied around the core l0 in any suitable manner.

We have found in constructed of material formed as stated takes a very eiicient grip on the blade of the razor and enables a superior edge to be quickly had, the natural adhesiveness of the sealing wax tending to hold the blade closely to the hone during the operation of sharpening.

What is claimed is:

A hone formed of sealing wax, slate, flour, and emery.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

practice that a hone' a composition including sealing 

